Aviation Management Training

May 2006, Anchorage, Alaska

Sharing North American airline marketing and sales strategies is translating into better connectivity between Alaska and the Russian Far East as a result of airline management training and job shadowing program conducted in Alaska in May 2006.

Funded by the Institute of the North’s Circumpolar Infrastructure Task Force grant through the Federal Aviation Administration and a Small American Business Internship Training grant secured by the Northern Forum, six representatives of Russian airline and marketing services participated in the three-week airline program.

The training included both classroom and job shadowing experiences. Each of the different topics was followed by corresponding shadowing; the trainees had an opportunity to see all the theory given to them in practice. The training program also emphasized the importance of open communications between airlines flying in the RFE, Alaska and other North American destinations, as well as the concept that increased aviation traffic in the region can create increased business opportunities for all carriers.